So! Usually I'm content just to sit back and read posts and what not but today I come to you good people with a question. Tonight I got home kind of late and went ahead and decided to check and see if there was a holic update before I went to bed and sure enough there it was!Huzzah.  However as I was reading it something came to my attention.

I looked.

Looked again.

And do my eyes deceive me or do I indeed spy Watanuki in drag?





Now at first glance nothing seems suspicious - a few pages earlier he's wearing a similar garment, a yukata, and nothing's amiss. So what's up with this and why am I calling it drag? Well I like to think I know a little bit about kimonos, I turned twenty in Japan after all and as part of my schooling was required to sit through two workshops/classes on ceremonial and traditional Japanese dress and it appears that our friend here is wearing a particular type of kimono that I myself have had the displeasure of being squeezed into called a furisode. In short, it's a type of dress characterized by it's long flowing sleeves, intricate colors and embroidery and is only worn by young unmarried women. It seems though that he's decided to tie it back in a rather unusual and casual manner. Also the tie is backwards. Hmmm.

I'll admit I'm no expert when it comes to Japanese culture - there's always some obscure bit of information that can explain anything away. So am I seeing something that's not there? Can someone tell me what type of dress I'm seeing then for the sake of my own curiosity? Or am I right and he's just raiding a certain time witch's closet in his spare time? Has this been done before and I'm just picking up on it now? Inquiring minds want to know.

The Associated Press